[ripley]

“That’s what they all mean with the term ‘botched’-and it’s really hard to argue that.”

It’s also hard to argue with the fact that the execution was successful.

IMHO

[Robert Teesdale]

It’s also hard to argue with the fact that the execution was successful.

True. However, the point is also correct that cruel and unusual is Constitutionally prohibited, and (this is not aimed at you personally) there's zero difference to me between people here stating approval of unnecessary suffering in violation of that, and leftists advocating gun control and free speech prohibitions.

Bottom line, "the perfect is the enemy of the good" and you cannot make killing sanitary and "killingless".

Sedation is simple and easy. Why not simply over-sedate, then exsanguinate?